Hypno-Vista
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Hypno-Vista was a gimmick used for Horrors of the Black Museum. A thirteen-minute prologue featuring hypnotist Emile Franchele was added for the US release of the film by James H. Nicholson of American International Pictures, who felt the movie needed another gimmick.[4] "We tested it in a few theaters, and the audience went for it like crazy...hokey as it was," recalled Cohen. "It helped make the picture a success, I guess, 'cause people were looking for gimmicks at that time." Cohen says when the movie was released on television they had to take off the hypnotism prologue "because it does hypnotize some people."[3]
